Software Engineering II

Job description

Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team?

The Azure Customer Experience Platform (CXP) team’s mission is to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans.

Through our deep engineering engagements with customers and teams across Microsoft, we analyze and amplify customer needs and drive the vision to improve Cloud quality, security, and reliability.

Our culture of growth, mindset and empowerment are central to who we are and how we work.

The Azure CXP PRIMO organization within Azure CXP is responsible for building great products to enable Customer Success at scale.

This Software Engineer position is targeted for someone who is: thrilled about online services, cloud computing, and user experience, loves to work in an agile development team, embraces and solves new technological challenges, deeply passionate about building effective software and continuously improving the development process, independent thinker and working collaboratively in a team environment.

As part of this role, you will collaborate closely with multiple teams to deliver key customer solutions and the technology to support them.

You will have ample opportunities to participate in all stages of our engineering lifecycle - from initial research and discovery, quick iteration on promising concepts, solution prototyping, and development, all the way through successful service rollout and Live Site support.

Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud.

You can help #AzCXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed.
 
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.

Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

**Responsibilities**

+ Design, implement, verify, deploy, and maintain high-quality code using modern engineering practices and tools.
+ Optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve performance and maintainability, and effectiveness.
+ Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
+ Collaborates with experienced engineers and mentors to translate ideas from research and design into production-grade systems.
+ Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
+ Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's processes, practices, and culture.
+ Learn and adopt new technologies and frameworks as needed.

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience
+ 2+ years of experience demonstrating proficiency in computer science concepts such as data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns, along with hands-on experience in object-oriented programming.

**Other Qualifications:**

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 3+ years technical experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience
+ Experience designing, implementing, and shipping high scale web services using C# or Java
+ Experience or working knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js/React or another similar web stack
+ Experience with distributed systems and a cloud technology stack such as Azure or AWS
+ Working knowledge of agile software development methodologies and tools that enable these, such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year.

There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 28, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

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